Friday, May 15th, 2015
India-China sign 24 agreements worth over $10bln
BEIJING: India and China have signed 24 agreements worth over 10 billion dollars in Beijing this morning after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Chinese premier Li Keqiang. Business is the main focus of PM Modi’s three-day visit to China. He will meet Indian and Chinese CEOs and address businessmen in Shanghai on Saturday.
Characteristic patterns of microRNA in blood reveal disease
ISLAMABAD: Researchers have identified characteristic patterns of molecules called microRNA (miRNA) in the blood of people with lung cancer that might reveal both the presence and aggressiveness of the disease, and perhaps who is at risk of developing it. These patterns may be detectable up to two years before the tumor is found by computed tomography (CT) scans. The findings could lead to a blood test for lung cancer, according to a researcher with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J.Read More
‘Fasting pathway’ points the way to new class of diabetes drugs
ISLAMABAD: A uniquely collaborative study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies uncovered a novel mechanism that turns up glucose production in the liver when blood sugar levels drop, pointing towards a new class of drugs for the treatment of metabolic disease. Their findings, published in the journal Cell, revealed a crucial role for so called histone deacetylases (HDACs), a group of enzymes that is the target of the latest generation of cancer drugs. HDACs get sugar production rolling when blood glucose levels run low after prolonged periodsRead More
Smarter treatment for killer infections
ISLAMABAD: Sepsis is a major killer in hospital intensive care units. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found that manipulating a genetic factor that can launch or throttle the body’s defenses can improve survival rates during bacterial infection. “Currently, our therapies for sepsis are very limited,” said Mukesh K. Jain, MD, Ellery Sedgwick Jr. Chair, director of the Case Cardiovascular Research Institute, and professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and chief research officer of the Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vascular Institute atRead More